Two Randomized Trials of the Effect of the Russian Strain of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Alone or With Oral Polio Vaccine on Neonatal Mortality in Infants Weighing <2000 g in India - Concepedia

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Two Randomized Trials of the Effect of the Russian Strain of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Alone or With Oral Polio Vaccine on Neonatal Mortality in Infants Weighing <2000 g in India

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2018

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Kumutha Jayaraman, B. Adhisivam, Saravanan Nallasivan, R. Gokul Krishnan, Chinnathambi Kamalarathnam, M. Divya Bharathi, Siva P. Namachivayam, Frank Shann, Sasireka I Boopalan, Ponrani David,

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Abstract

BCG-Russia with or without OPV had no effect on neonatal mortality. It is important to determine which strains of BCG have the greatest specific effects (on tuberculosis) and nonspecific effects (on infections other than tuberculosis) in high-mortality regions.

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